blickevsBlocksTell them apart

Quick tell: blicke is a verb, Blocks is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“blicke” is a verb and “Blocks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,518
“blicke” frequency rank
#19,525
“Blocks” frequency rank
26043
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blicke Blocks
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs blicken Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Block

Where the eye mixes blicke and Blocks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
blicke
6 ch
Blocks

Why the eye confuses blicke with Blocks

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blicke is [ˈblɪkə] while Blocks is [blɔks]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blicke is recorded at frequency rank #6,518, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈblɪkə]. Blocks is at rank #19,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced [blɔks].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26043, this pair ranks #1,824,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of blicke vs Blocks

Shared letters: bckl. Private to "blicke": ei. Private to "Blocks": os.

"blicke" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Blocks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blickebblicke · bilcke · blcike · bliccke · blicek · blickke · blikce · bllicke
  • Blocksbblocks · blcoks · bllocks · bloccks · blockks · blockss · blocsk · blokcs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "blicke" for "Blocks" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blicke" is a verb and "Blocks" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "blicke" or "Blocks" show up more?
"blicke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,518 in our German list, against #19,525 for "Blocks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blicke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Blocks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,824,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blicke" and "Blocks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Blocks vs blockt". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,824,067 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list